T Brinda & Vegavahini Vijayaraghavan at University of Washington, Seattle, 1969
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- At the age of 57 (06/01/1969), Brinda's vocalisation, her aesthetics and her musicality was in its prime during this recording. It is not often that we get a chance to see these musicians tune their instruments and crack jokes while packing them up after the recording. This recording takes us back by 52 years and makes us feel like we were behind the camera listening to this in person. I am glad that Brinda and her music was recorded and preserved by Washington University.
00:00 - Meru Samana - Mayamalavagowla - Adi - Thyagaraja
08:43 - Tani Avartanam by T Ranganathan in Adi (2 Kalai)
15:00 - Varnam - Sri - Adi - Pallavi Gopala
17:08 - Tuning of the veena
19:33 - Amba Neelambari - Neelambari - Adi - Ponniah Pillai
27:22 - Packing up
While packing up, we get a glimpse of how Ponniah Pillai's magnum opus in neelambari would've sounded when Brinda sings it. This teaser has left me in search for this recording, please drop a comment if you have a recording of Brinda singing Amba Neelambari.
A performance by Carnatic musicians T. Brinda (voice, vina), T. Vega (voice, vina), and T. Ranganathan (mridangam). Recorded by Robert Garfias at the University of Washington.
The University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives’ Garfias Film Collection contains recordings of ethnographic music and dance performances made by ethnomusicologist Robert Garfias during the 1960s and 70s. Garfias’s films, digitized in partnership with the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, include materials from Korea and the Philippines, as well as recordings of international artists made locally in Seattle, Washington.
Presence of God in her eyes
No words to see Brinda Amma and Vegavahini mami. Kodi ana Namaskarams. I wish there were more recordings of Vegavahini mami. My dream is to collect
T Ranganathan is so good on the mridangam. What clarity!
Most exquisite \ Soul stirring music. Perfection, measured Alana a, swarms, nereval etc. music that is made to sound easy but requires years of practice to strive and achieve this standard
Wonderful!
This is such a treasure! I had no idea she had performed in the US. I would have been a 1 year old in Canada during this performance, but I feel blessed now to live in the city where the brilliant T. Brinda once performed. 🙏🏼 Thank you for finding and posting this wonderful gem!
The legendary merusamana!! They make it look so simple to sing
this is an invaluable video! gives immense happiness. its unbelievable to see how effortlessly she churns out the complex sangathis..
That smile bordering on almost a controlled laugh, lovely
My pranams to the legend
have to credit my teacher, Robert Garfias, for instigating this and having the discernment for this priceless treasure.
@@shreeraam_22 Isn't the pleasant-faced and mustachioed gentleman Jon Higgins?
@@karthiksubramanian5942 he is commonly misidentified as John Higgins. I forget this gentleman's name. Will get back on this.
🌹👌👍👏🙏🏆 Thanks for this wonderful treat Sir 👏🙏
they made the song clear to the point .. nothing more than that.....very spontaneous artists.
Thank you very much...
Music in its purest form. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thanks so much for getting this and sharing. Precious!
Absolute gem
A lovely upload! Many thanks for sharing this gem with us all. I notice that the description attributes the Varnam in Sri Ragam to Pallavi Gopala (I assume you refer to Pallavi Gopala Iyer). However I've heard a Varnam 'Sami Ninne Kori' with an extremely similar melodic setup, with the Sahityam featuring the Ankitanamam 'Garbhapuri', suggesting that it was composed by Karoor Devudayya (Chinna Devudu Krishnaiah) and Karoor Dakshinamurthy Sastri.
So does there exist another Varnam by Pallavi Gopala Iyer with the same melodic setup?
The labelling was done by the university (presumably with the advice of T Brinda). However, any telugu padam was referred to as “Kshetrayya padam” by the family. So that being said, it is not a good source either.
Namaskaram 🙏
Simply exquisite. Veena Dhanammal's family of hereditary temple musicians were simply incomparable. It would be so nice to have the lyrics for the opening viruttam, if someone could manage it.
Thank you for your comment :)
Brindamma does not sing a viruttam in this, she sings a brief alapana before the first track "Meru Samana"
@@shreeraam_22 of course you are correct, there are no lyrics in the opening alapanam. Brindamma sings a lovely, relaxed, delicate Mayamalavagaula alapanam before Tyagaraja's kriti "Meru Samana."
Who is playing tamburi?
Beautifully preserved for posterity! Is the Varnam (SAmi NinnE KOri) in Sri Ragam composed by Karur Devudu Iyer?
The track labelling was done by the university (presumably with the advice of T Brinda)
Where is the microphone? I think only one for the entire musicians
Yes, it is a single mic concert. The mic is seen around 8:47 (placed on the floor)
வயலின் இல்லை. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
is this the only video available of brindamma playing veena?
Yes, in public platforms.
No amplification, no electronic drone, measured taala-keeping. Music from a bygone era!